Move the roam initiation (signal loss, ap directed roaming) and scanning
details into station from device. Certain device functions have been
exposed temporarily to make this possible.
There was somewhat overlapping functionality in the device_watch
infrastructure as well as the netdev_event_watch. This commit combines
the two into a single watch based on the netdev object and cleans up the
various interface additions / removals.
With this commit the interfaces are created when the netdev/device is
switched to Powered=True state AND when the netdev iftype is also in the
correct state for that interface. If the device is brought down, then
all interfaces except the .Device interface are removed.
This will make it easy to implement Device.Mode property properly since
most nl80211 devices need to be brought into Powered=False state prior
to switching the iftype.
Rather than have device.c manage the creation/removal of
AP/AdHoc interfaces this new event was introduced. Now
anyone can listen for device events and if the mode changes
handle accordingly. This fixes potential memory leaks
in WSC when switching modes as well.
Now, a user can setup an AP as follows:
- Set device "Mode" to ap (ap interface will appear on bus)
- call "Start()" on AP interface
Issuing "Stop()" on the AP interface will stop and cleanup
the internal AP structures, but the AP interface will remain
up. To shutdown completely the device Mode must be switched
back to station. If the AP interface is running, the Mode can
directly be switched to station without calling Stop; this
has the same effect and will take down the AP interface.
As a temporary DBus API to switch between Station and Access Point
modes, add two methods on the Device interface. Add a new state
DEVICE_STATE_ACCESS_POINT which is in effect from the moment
StartAccessPoint is received (even before it returns) until
StopAccessPoint returns, there are no intermediate states when the
methods run for simplicity. Add checks across device.c to make sure
Station related functionality is disabled when in Access Point mode.
Trigger a roam attempt when the RSSI level has been low for at least 5
seconds using the netdev RSSI LOW/HIGH events. See if neighbor reports
are supported and if so, request and process the neighbor reports list
to restrict the number of channels to be scanned. The scanning part is
not included in this patch for readability.
Denis Kenzior